The kitty died, as did Adler, a few years later by a hit-and-run driver. But before her death, the paper reports, Adler had made sure her will included $7.6 for the university's school of veterninary medicine.

She asked that the money be used to attract leading researchers that specialize in cancer research. Any discovers they make will be tagged with Du Bee's name.

Because of Adler's gift, it's possible that some day, one of our kitties fighting cancer, will be given the Du Bee cure.

The gift is one of the largest in the school's history, Tom Venturino, a dean there, tells the Sacramento Bee.

The paper reports that Adler was well-known in her Boca Raton community for caring for feral cats. She also spared no expense on her own kitties. Du Bee was a multi-colored former stray.

This looks like an award-winner to me. Femi, a Blue Lynx Point Birman cat, owned by Doug Piparo of Richmond, Va., plays withs ribbons. The kitty was competing this weekend at the Hidden Peak Cat Club's 32nd annual cat show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.

Goodness knows if one of our pets is having a medical emergency, we'd want to do anything to make sure whe could get help -- and as fast as humanly possible. But a couple in Britain is drawing fire for calling the UK's version of 911 for their cat.

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